US 11,746,444 B2
Carbon fiber fabrication systems and methods
Divyaraj Desai, Montville, NJ (US); Gabriel Iftime, Newark, CA (US); Dane Andrew Boysen, Anchorage, AK (US); and Jessica Louis Baker Rivest, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/68,342.
Application 18/068,342 is a division of application No. 17/032,582, filed on Sep. 25, 2020, granted, now 11,560,645.
Prior Publication US 2023/0133427 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. D01F 9/127 (2006.01); B01J 23/06 (2006.01)
CPC D01F 9/1272 (2013.01) [B01J 23/06 (2013.01); D10B 2101/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
12. A system comprising: a carbon fiber reactor for fabricating carbon fiber, the reactor comprising a receptacle for containing a carbon-metal melt, and a plurality of nozzles through which a plurality of menisci are formed by the carbon-metal melt for contact with a carbon seed to fabricate the carbon fiber.